Jackson Pollock: career timeline

American · 1912–1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 33 lots (80% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Jackson Pollock: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	3	3	$116kSign up	Drawing
1940s	10	10	$30kSign up	Screenprint
1950s	11	9	$50kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $116kSign up
Average: $113kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1939 Untitled$116kSign up
c. 1939 Untitled$82.5kSign up
c. 1939 Untitled$140kSign up

1940s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $30kSign up
Average: $1.3MSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 9 in (22 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Drawing (2), Engraving (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1942 Reclining Figure$61kSign up
c. 1944 Untitled (P17) (O'C. & T. 1079)$5.2kSign up
1944 Greeting Card (O'C. & T. 1088)$14kSign up
c. 1944 Untitled$7.2kSign up
1944 Untitled (M29)$25kSign up
1944 Untitled$9kSign up
1946 Untitled (M20)$35kSign up
c. 1946 Untitled (M20)$69.3kSign up
1947 Untitled$3.5MSign up
1948 Untitled$9.2MSign up · sold 2×

1950s 11 works

Sold: 9 of 11
Median: $50kSign up
Average: $90kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 18 in (43 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (7), Drawing (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1950 Number 16Unsold
c. 1950 Untitled (M31)$50kSign up
1951 Untitled (after Number 22, 1951) (O'C. & T. 1095)$50.8kSign up
1951 Untitled (Betty Parsons Gallery Announcement) (O. & T. 1090)$3.2kSign up
1951 Untitled Portfolio (O'C. & T. 1091-1096)$466kSign up
c. 1951 Untitled (P 29)$6.3kSign up
1951 Untitled$125kSign up
1951 Number 8 (Black Flowing)$38.6kSign up
c. 1951 Untitled$6.3kSign up
c. 1952 Untitled$63.5kSign up
c. 1952 CalligraphUnsold · sold 3×

Creation date not recorded

6 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 16.5 in (46 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Print (other) (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2015 Ohne Titel$5.7kSign up
sold 2016 A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works$2.5kSign up
sold 2017 Abstract$91Sign up
sold 2017 This bronze is numbered 1/7 on the back$4kSign up
sold 2017 Silkscreen VI$2.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $11.1kSign up
Average: $11.1kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 23 in (74 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Untitled$11.1kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jackson Pollock auction results →